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Research Article

One-pot facile fabrication of carbon-coated Bi2S3 nanomeshes with efficient Li-storage capability

Yang Zhao1, Dongliang Gao2, Jiangfeng Ni1( ), Lijun Gao1, Juan Yang2, Yan Li2( )
School of Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and TechnologySoochow UniversitySuzhou 215006 China
Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking UniversityBeijing 100871 China
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Abstract

Layered bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) has emerged as an important type of Li-storage material due to its high theoretical capacity and intriguing reaction mechanism. The engineering and fabrication of Bi2S3 materials with large capacity and stable cyclability via a facile approach is essential, but still remains a great challenge. Herein, we employ a one-pot hydrothermal route to fabricate carbon-coated Bi2S3 nanomeshes (Bi2S3/C) as an efficient Li-storage material. The nanomeshes serve as a highly conducting and porous scaffold facilitating electron and ion transport, while the carbon coating layer provides flexible space for efficient reduction of mechanical strain upon electrochemical cycling. Consequently, the fabricated Bi2S3/C exhibits a high and stable capacity delivery in the 0.01-2.5 V region, notably outperforming previously reported Bi2S3 materials. It is able to discharge 472 mA·h·g-1 at 120 mA·g-1 over 50 full cycles, and to retain 301 mA·h·g-1 in the 40th cycle at 600 mA·g-1, demonstrating the potential of Bi2S3 as electrode materials for rechargeable batteries.

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bismuth sulfidecarbon coatingnanomeshlithium storage

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Nano Research
Volume 7 Issue 5,
May 2014
Pages 765-773
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0437-8
Cite this article:
Zhao Y, Gao D, Ni J, et al. One-pot facile fabrication of carbon-coated Bi2S3 nanomeshes with efficient Li-storage capability. Nano Research, 2014, 7(5): 765-773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0437-8

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Received: 04 February 2014
Revised: 24 February 2014
Accepted: 02 March 2014
Published: 26 April 2014
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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